Olympics: IOC opens ethics file on Takeda, to satisfy Friday

Tsunekazu Takeda, President of the Japanese Olympic committee, attends a information convention through the 127th Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) session in Monaco, December eight, 2014. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/Recordsdata

BERLIN (Reuters) – The Worldwide Olympic Committee’s ethics fee on Friday opened a file on Japan Olympic Committee chief Tsunekazu Takeda after a judicial supply in France mentioned he had been indicted by French prosecutors over the profitable bid for the 2020 Olympic Video games.

“The IOC … has been in shut contact with the French judicial authorities. The IOC Ethics fee has opened a file and can proceed to observe the scenario – and is assembly as we speak. Mr Takeda continues to benefit from the full presumption of innocence.”

Takeda can be an IOC member since 2012 and heads its advertising and marketing fee.